A Light-bulb Moment

Have you ever experienced a light-bulb moment? That instant when you are overcome with new understanding of something that you've struggled with for years and years and . . . well, you get the idea. During this epiphany moment the room just seems to get brighter and you're left wondering what took you so long to see the situation with clarity (or more simply said, you're overcome with a sense of . . . DUH) Yep, me too and I've come to learn that it's all because the Holy Spirit has - in His ever so gentle way - come to shine His incredible Light and thus enabled you to see things from His vantage point.

Let me share with you my most recent room brightening experience:
During the early service at my church I joined a friend of mine who was offering up a variety of prayers in the solitude of a special prayer room . As we concluded our (incredibly, awesome) time together with the Lord, my friend complimented me on how good she thought I was looking lately. Apparently my recent loss of a few pounds had become obvious to her so I thanked her but then quickly made every effort to divert her attention to something less . . . less . . . well, less me! Successful in my efforts we then ventured into the later worship service. As we settled into our surroundings I found myself holding on to what my friend had said. To be perfectly honest, I began feeling quite good about myself. The more I thought about it the more sure I was that others must also be seeing the new sleekness of my appearance. Can you believe it!! Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration but I will confess openly that my attitude - throughout my entire lifetime - has been a challenge where my outward appearance is concerned. Oh, the tears that I have shed and the stories that I could tell . . . but I'll save that for another time . . . suffice as to say that more often than not I assigned value to myself only after assessing my outward appearance.

Presuming that I'm not alone in my distorted way of thinking I want to share with you that it was then that the Holy Spirit helped me to understand how wrong my thinking has always been. He made it crystal clear to me - in my heart - that when I stand before Christ, I will be there WITHOUT this body - whatever it's outward appearance is . . . big or little - young or old! When I stand before Him this thing I've given such time, attention and value to on this earth will be gone! My spirit - my inner self - is the only thing that will be there then and THAT is why it must NOW be given the highest value that I could assess.

Father God, thanks to Your Holy Spirit I can now clearly see the importance of the stewardship that I've been given over my body for my time on this earth. But greater than that Father is the value that you've provided in my spirit for all of eternity. To say thank You seems trite but in the Name of Jesus I pray with thanksgiving for the Light that You've provided so that this age-old stuggle of mine is a thing of the past. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! May others who struggle as I did be blessed by this teaching by Your Holy Spirit.
Blessed be Your Name.
Amen and amen.
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